Nearly a decade earlier, Answers in Genesis opened a Creation Museum in nearby Petersburg, Kentucky, where exhibits similarly ...

Its mythic allure emerged from the dramatic public showdown between two titanic figures—William Jennings Bryan ... dismissed this out of hand. Bryan could also cross-examine the ACLU’s experts ...

reaching a crescendo in 1896 at the national Democratic Convention of 1896 when William Jennings Bryan, in his now infamous “Cross of Gold” speech, villainized those favoring a central bank ...

William Jennings Bryan. Republicans also faced internal divisions on the issue. But, as in 1888, they were able to overcome these tensions to maintain their coalition and supported the gold ...

It reached its electoral pinnacle in 1896 with the nomination of William Jennings ... as well as gold to reflate the economy. But while Bryan is best known for his “Cross of Gold” speech ...

Others — most prominently Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan — wanted ... In what became known as his “Cross of Gold” speech, Bryan lambasted banking interests of the East ...

At their convention that year in Chicago, the young William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska delivered his famous “Cross of Gold” oration that mesmerized the delegates, prompting them to reject much of what ...

“While Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan roamed the country delivering ‘cross of gold’ speeches, William McKinley sat on his front porch, welcoming trainloads of voters who traveled ...

These original populists wanted to ease the financial burdens of small farmers by moving the United States off the gold standard ... Democratic nominee, William Jennings Bryan, adopted important ...

By 1896, western “silver” Populists had seized control of the Democratic nominating process and, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, William Jennings Bryan electrified the hall ...

Gold convertibility was restored in 1879 and the discipline of the gold standard was tested in the election of 1896, when William Jennings Bryan vowed not to be crucified on a cross of gold. Gold won, ...